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Is the Tyranny of the Urgent Killing Your Creativity? How to Spend Time on the Right Things.

Urgency is a terrible tyrant.  It demands that you give it 100% of your attention 100% of the time. (tweet it!) Are you living by the tyranny of the urgent; constantly meeting the demands of both your schedule and your inbox as things pop up? Do you wish you had a more organized way to accomplish the tasks you have at hand, instead of responding to everything in crisis management mode? If your to do list has you crawling back in bed and pulling the covers over your head, then it’s time to tame your to do list, and put an organizational system in place that will rock your world. (In a good … Read More →

Get more readers for your blog

Why People Aren’t Reading Your Blog

Dear Alli, I started a blog 2 years ago, and from what I've been told, it’s really good, but I just don’t seem to be building my readership.  I had a growth surge initially, but now I just seem to have plateaued. I’m frustrated because I see other blogs growing but not mine, so I’m hoping you can help.  How do I get people to read my blog? – Jen C. Jen, thank you for being so transparent with me about being discouraged.  That’s a rough place to be, and it took a lot of courage for you to ask your question in such a public way.  That tells me you’re a go-getter, so I’m … Read More →

What's the point of social media and tribe building

What’s The Point of Social Media and Why You Might Be Missing It

Ever feel like you’re not totally sure of the point of social media?  You’ve spent hours writing really great material, you’ve posted it on Facebook, created the perfect 3x2 photo for Pinterest, and you’ve tweeted about it all day long, and yet, no one is coming to your blog or your site? Isn’t social media supposed to be this great marketing tool?  Well yes, and no. As Seth Godin says in his brilliant book, Permission Marketing,  . . . “it's about turning strangers into friends and friends into customers.” But the start of that is turning strangers into friends, … Read More →

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